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Definition of Curry favour
1. Verb. Seek favor by fawning or flattery. "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates"
Generic synonyms: Bootlick, Fawn, Kotow, Kowtow, Suck Up, Toady, Truckle
Definition of Curry favour
1. Verb. (British Canada) (alternative spelling of curry favor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curry Favour
Literary usage of Curry favour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazineby David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"What if he's wihin' enough to truckle to it, to curry favour with them sneakin'
Yanks?” said Seth malignantly. A spasm of savage conviction seized Mrs. ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... judged rightly that the Cardinal had acted thus in order to curry favour rather
than from any clear prevision of distressed finances in so vast a realm. ..."
3. The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow (1818)
"... to gratify and curry favour with them, in hopes of obtaining reward and
preferment of them for its. 3. The chief authors and moft zealous abettors of ..."
4. The Annals of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century by John Latimer (1900)
"The Mayor next sought to curry favour with the Minister by acknowledging Williamson's
letters on behalf of the lottery men, who had been permitted to ..."
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